Device for discharging praline cores from the powdering box



July 17, 1928. 1,677,179

C. GQPEL bEVICH FOR DISOHARGING PRALINE CORES FROM THE POWDERING BOXFiled Aug. 7. 1926 Patented July 17, 1928 CARL GGPEL, OFHALLE-ON-THE-SAALE, GERMANY.

DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING PRALINE CORES FROM THE POWDERING BOX.

Application filed August 7, 1926, Serial No. 127,930, and in GermanySeptember 4, 1925.

Praline cores, particularly those filled in with liquid, such as liqueuror the like are very frail and must be carefully handled. The object ofthe present invention is to produce a device whereby such articles canbe safely removed from the box in which they are molded, and theinvention consists in the provision of an inclined guideway for said boxand of a vibratory sifting scoop arranged so as to enter the box whenthe latter is conveyed down the guideway and scoop up the praline coreswhile returning.

conveyer band 0, fitted with lugs, is arranged I so as to engage the boxand feed it down the guideway. Above the latter a sifting scoop (Z isarranged in a substantially hori- Zontal position and so that theforward end of the scoop can enter the box a and scoop up the pralinesfrom the latter. To enable the scoop to clear the edges of the box, thefront portion thereof is supported by means of a rod Z on a bell-crankk, and the latter is connected by a rod 11 to a double-armed lever 72.which is arranged in the path of the box. The walls on and n of thelatter project so as to engage and rock the lever when the box edgespass, thereby lifting the end of the scoop so as to clear the edges. Thescoop is shaken by means of a crank a so that the loose molding powderis fed back into the box a. while the scooped up praline cores are fedbackwards along the scoop by virtue of its vibratory movement. A con-"eyerband f receives the articles from the scoop and delivers them on toa second band 9 whereby they are conveyed to a dispowder ing machine.

A second guideway s is arranged under the guideway b for returning thebox a to the feeding end of the apparatus. For transferring the box fromone guideway to the other a guide memebr 0 is provided which turns abouta pivot 29 so that it can be put into alignment with either guideway.The member 0 is controlled by an adjustable weight Q which normallyholds it in alignment with the guideway F). lVhen the 'box has been fedby the band 0 on to the guide member 0, the latter trips under theweight and turns into alignment with the guide ways 8. A conveyor band1' which travels quickly under the guideway s then engages the box andreturns it along the latter guideway, the guide member 0 being restoredby the weight g to the normal position as soon as it released from thebox.

I claim:

1. A device for discharging praiine cores from the mold box, comprisingan inclined guideway for the box, an endless travelling band forconveying the box down the guideway, a sifting scoop arranged in thepath of the box so as to scoop the praline cores out of the latter,means for lifting the front end of the scoop so as to clear the edges ofthe box, means for shaking the scoop so as to return the molding powderto the box and feed the praline cores along the scoop, and a conveyorband arranged so as to receive the praline cores from the scoop.

2. A structure as claimed in claim 1 where in the means for lifting theend of the scoop consists of a lever arranged in the path of the box soas to be tripped by the end walls of the latter, a crank mechanism onwhich the end of the scoop is supported, and connection between saidlever and said crank mechanism causing the end of the scoop to be raisedwhen the lever is tripped by the box.

CARL GOPEL.

